" Cartoon" does not always refer to kiddie American made animations. Nor dies it refer to a soecific art style. Any cartoon made in Japan is classed as " anime". Thus, Hamtaro and Kuroshitsuji's classification as both. Anime ARE cartoons. I can't believe there is even a debate about this anymore, this is a fact and not up for debate. I like how many people say a cartoon is only made in North America . This is false. By that logic, German cartoons and British cartoons are not cartoons because they were made in Europe. Maybe people that think that need to get out a little more. Although I think this was originally said to try and " prove" anime is not cartoons. Not to attack anybody or debate origin. The bottom line is anime ARE cartoons. Anybody that says different is ignorant, Just take the unique Japanese style away, make the series episodic, and anime would be just like any other cartoon. In fact, if that was the case, they probably wouldn't even earn its own special title. Seriously, anime doesn't deserve this. It doesn't deserve all these false claims and propaganda because people think cartoons are " childish". The proof here is that by definition of an animated cartoon, its laughable to claim anime is not. Every movie, TV show, or video can be classified as a cartoon, regardless where it came from or how its drawn. Anime ARE cartoons.